of transfer taxes on altruistic parents' transfers to their children. Using a theoretical model we find that altruistic …

The objective of this paper is to study to what extent parents divide their estates unequally between their children … that the probability of unequal sharing is increasing in the size of the estate. Second, the older the children are on …

) to compensate less well off children whereas post mortem bequests are divided equally among siblings. We study a …

This study investigates the prevalence and extent of altruism by examining the relationship between parents' and their … adult children's subjective well-being in a data set extracted from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In order to segregate …

this model a redistributive motive for an inheritance tax - which is equivalent to a uniform tax on all expenditures … external effect related to altruism is accounted for in the social objective. …

embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional altruism towards other members attenuates the punishment … contributions. Increases in altruism may also reduce the level of benefits from the public project net of contribution costs and … punishment costs. The negative effect of altruism on cooperation and material payoffs is greater the stronger is the reciprocity …

altruism towards children. They can affect their children's choices via two channels: either by influencing their preferences …